The short-course yards meet will take place at the University of Tennessee’s Allan Jones Aquatic Center and will feature many top American swimmers, including 16 members of the U.S. 2013 FINA World Championships Team.

Other top swimmers slated to compete include Olympic medalists Rachel Bootsma (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Caitlin Leverenz (Tucson, Ariz.), as well as 2013 Phillips 66 National Championships medalists Chloe Sutton (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Connor Jaeger (Fair Haven, N.J.). As of Tuesday, nearly 40 U.S. National Team members are expected to swim at the three-day meet.

Knoxville-area swimmers set to compete include Olympic gold medalist Claire Donahue (Lenoir City, Tenn.); National Team member Molly Hannis (Santa Rosa, Calif.), one of many University of Tennessee athletes slated to swim; and Tennessee Aquatics’ Bryar Long (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Brad Craig (Midland, Mich.), also a National Teamer.

A strong field of international competitors also will be in attendance, including Olympians Yulduz Kuchkarova of Uzbekistan, Russia’s Arkady Vyatchanin, Great Britain’s Adam Brown and South Africa’s Darian Townsend, among others.

Preliminaries will start at 9 a.m. ET Thursday, Dec. 5 through Saturday, Dec. 7 with finals beginning at 5 p.m. ET. Tickets may be purchased at the door.

A live webcast of prelims and finals will be available for all three days via usaswimming.org. National television coverage from the meet will air on NBC on Saturday, Dec. 21 from 5-6 p.m. ET.